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Old 05-08-2018, 03:58 PM
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Default T34 turbine clearance


Anyone know acceptable clearance?

mins .4mm is that ok?
Old 05-08-2018, 10:04 PM
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If the turbo is from a reputable source the clearance should be fine. Have you just bought the turbo or had it reconditioned?
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You cannot measure a round housing with a flat blade
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Originally Posted by cossynut2
If the turbo is from a reputable source the clearance should be fine. Have you just bought the turbo or had it reconditioned?
just bought the car and checking everything over
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Originally Posted by Russ6334


just bought the car and checking everything over
Fair enough, but the chances of a turbo being on it that has not been put together properly is almost zero. How is the rest of the car? Hopefully you have have bought a good one.
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Originally Posted by cossynut2
Fair enough, but the chances of a turbo being on it that has not been put together properly is almost zero. How is the rest of the car? Hopefully you have have bought a good one.
yeah it’s a good one everything straight and original only done 69k miles no engine issues other than drinks it!

i think it’s the breather cause in 5th at 30mph it’s like a steam train out the bonnet vent from the breather

200miles Varys between 250-500ml of oil!
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Originally Posted by Russ6334


yeah it’s a good one everything straight and original only done 69k miles no engine issues other than drinks it!

i think it’s the breather cause in 5th at 30mph it’s like a steam train out the bonnet vent from the breather

200miles Varys between 250-500ml of oil!
Cosworth engines seem to vary when it comes to oil consumption, is that with hard driving and is the engine standard? Unless you intend to do all the work on it yourself I would advise getting it booked in for a rolling road set up and check over.
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Originally Posted by cossynut2
Cosworth engines seem to vary when it comes to oil consumption, is that with hard driving and is the engine standard? Unless you intend to do all the work on it yourself I would advise getting it booked in for a rolling road set up and check over.
it seems to use the least (though haven’t really run it enough to be accurate assumption) when you drive it just as turbo is kicking in

if you hammer it, it drinks, if you stick it in 5th at 30mph and put your foot down with loads of lag it blows out the breather

ultimately though conpressure all consistent on each cyclinder, no leakage, turbo blades are 0.4m between casing and absolutely no oil at all in exhaust!

underneath there is a fair amount of road grime where oil has stuck to the car!

im debating changing gaskets but reading everyone’s posts on here appears normal!
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Originally Posted by Russ6334


it seems to use the least (though haven’t really run it enough to be accurate assumption) when you drive it just as turbo is kicking in

if you hammer it, it drinks, if you stick it in 5th at 30mph and put your foot down with loads of lag it blows out the breather

ultimately though conpressure all consistent on each cyclinder, no leakage, turbo blades are 0.4m between casing and absolutely no oil at all in exhaust!

underneath there is a fair amount of road grime where oil has stuck to the car!

im debating changing gaskets but reading everyone’s posts on here appears normal!
When you say " if you hammer it it drinks it" are you talking about oil consumption? It should not use lots of oil, do you get any blue smoke when it comes on boost?
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Originally Posted by cossynut2
When you say " if you hammer it it drinks it" are you talking about oil consumption? It should not use lots of oil, do you get any blue smoke when it comes on boost?

yes uses a lot of oil, it’s 350hp, there is a puff on changing gear but unsure if blue or black but more than likely unburnt fuel as I say there isn’t a drop of oil in the exhaust it’s bone dry

the most amount of oil I see coming from anywhere is the breather, the swirl pot isn’t really a swirl pot in my opinion it’s a t shape that blows directly across to the exit, I would have thought it should blow in further down to allow the oil to condense and return

i think it breathes too much oil out cause there is no evidence of oil in exhaust or post turbo at all
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Originally Posted by Russ6334



yes uses a lot of oil, it’s 350hp, there is a puff on changing gear but unsure if blue or black but more than likely unburnt fuel as I say there isn’t a drop of oil in the exhaust it’s bone dry

the most amount of oil I see coming from anywhere is the breather, the swirl pot isn’t really a swirl pot in my opinion it’s a t shape that blows directly across to the exit, I would have thought it should blow in further down to allow the oil to condense and return

i think it breathes too much oil out cause there is no evidence of oil in exhaust or post turbo at all
It sounds like you need to get a better breather/ catch tank on it. My 2wd is 450bhp and hardly uses any oil at all. You can see my Spec R one which has never been any problem.
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Originally Posted by cossynut2
It sounds like you need to get a better breather/ catch tank on it. My 2wd is 450bhp and hardly uses any oil at all. You can see my Spec R one which has never been any problem.
yeah see yours double backs on itself which would allow the oil to condense mine goes one side to the other and I suspect straight out
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Mine used to use oil like yours. I fixed it by upgrading to a freshly built 200 block, with a new turbo and reconditioned the head.
to be fair it was the head (valve guides) and worn turbo that were the main issues. Now it barely uses any oil.
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All cossies from factory will use oil. Only ones that don't have been built to a higher tolerance.

Ford state for every thousand miles it's a pint of oil possibly more if given a hard time. This remember is with 204bhp.....So then you ask the engine to do 300+ bhp yet still not to use oil..?

Mine uses a bit being a 95k engine.

For you I would get James to do a full check over and do your cambelt and get all the niggles sorted in one hit.
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As said the ford cosworth manual states a standard car (9psi - 204bhp) can burn 1 litre over 600 miles.

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